Category Archives: design

Ideas that inspire: 100 Years After the Riotous Rite of Spring

Posted on May 29, 2014 by jfmiller

I’ll admit. I’m obsessed with Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.  If you know the Disney movie Fantasia you know the music. It’s the one with the scary dinosaurs. This music may well be imprinted into my lizard brain. As kids we’d dance to it in … Continue reading →

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Ideas That Inspire: Paul Rand on Singular Solutions.

Posted on February 20, 2014 by jfmiller

Paul Rand’s essay on “The Politics of Design”. In this excerpt, Rand explains why presenting many solutions to a problem leads to waste and confusion. Graphic designer Paul Rand created classic logos and striking book covers during his career. Steve Jobs talked about working with Paul Rand in 1993. … Continue reading →

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Places That Inspire. “1968” at The Oakland Museum of CA.

Posted on May 21, 2012 by jfmiller

“The 1968 Exhibit” is a blend of light pop culture—Mad Men style—that includes Jane Fonda’s Barbarella, the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, TV’s Bewitched, Family Affair and Star Trek, Op art, macramé, trippy music, and Kodak Flashcube cameras, contrasted with the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King … Continue reading →

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Building Brands and Brand Nations. Being a part of something.

Posted on December 6, 2011 by jfmiller

Does your brand feel like it’s something your customers want to become a part of? Does your brand mean something to them? Does your brand stand for something they can believe in? Thousands of Green Bay Packer fans became a … Continue reading →

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Ideas that inspire. Kurt Schwitters at Berkeley.

Posted on November 5, 2011 by jfmiller

If you’re anywhere near the Bay Area, hurry to see Kurt Schwitters, Color and Collage in the cantilevered bomb shelter aesthetics of the Berkeley Museum of Art—BAM/PFA—before the show closes Sunday, November 27th Kurt Schwitters’ evocative collages are composed of … Continue reading →

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